Disquiet Junto Project 0271: Prison Sky
Mark the 5th anniversary of open-source software engineer Bassel Khartabil’s detention.
Step 1: Familiarize yourself with Bassel Khartabil. This coming Wednesday, March 15, 2017, will mark the fifth anniversary of open-source software engineer Bassel’s March 15, 2012, detention in Syria. It’s been more than a year since anyone has heard from him. Three times in the past the Disquiet Junto has done projects to raise consciousness about his predicament. We did the first one in January 2014, creating a soundscape to go with Bassel’s CGI reproduction of the ancient city of Palmyra:
disquiet.com/2014/01/23/disquiet0108-freebassel/
Read more at http://freebassel.org/.
Step 2: On January 31, 2014, Bassel wrote to his friend Jon Phillips from the Damascus Central Jail in response to Phillips’ suggestion that people might make a record album inspired by his ongoing incarceration.
The Noura mentioned in the letter is Bassel’s wife. See the full letter and information about actions to mark the fifth anniversary at:
http://freebassel.org/campaign/events/freebasselday/2017/03/09/freebassel5years/
Step 3: Take that section of a “square sky” to heart, about being able “to see the blue sky for six hours each day.”
Step 4: Create a short piece of music in response to that image, that scenario, that mix of hope amid hopelessness.
http://llllllll.co/t/prison-sky-disquiet-junto-project-0271/6877
http://disquiet.com/0271/
More on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://disquiet.com/junto/
Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:
llllllll.co/t/prison-sky-disquiet-junto-project-0271/6877
http://freebassel.org/campaign/events/freebasselday/2017/03/09/freebassel5years/
I first made a drone, then played synth, then added my voice with pitchshifter and reverb in the background, then mixed. Free Bassel!